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Reference Laboratory Testing

The BIDMC Core Clinical Services Committee (CCSC) has approved this list of reference labs on 1/27/2009. Specimens can ONLY be sent to these labs unless you contact the lab in advance so we can solicit and receive that reference lab’s accreditation information. 

We can add labs to this list, but the lab must be CLIA certified.  New reference labs can be used only with Pathology medical director approval and a copy of the lab’s CLIA license has been received.  If you would like to request that we add a lab, please contact Dr. Lynne Uhl by email or at 617-667-3648.

CLIA certification of ALL reference labs is a requirement for our CAP accreditation and we risk a deficiency by using non-certified labs. In addition, compliance dictates that, if a provider orders a test, then we must report the results and we must bill for the testing. This list of reference labs is reviewed and approved annually by the CCSC. We obtain copies of these labs' CLIA certificates. The vast majority of our reference work is done by Quest Diagnostics, our primary vendor.

Some tests require special handling and processing. It is the responsibility of the ordering provider to ensure that the appropriate specimen is obtained. Many labs do not accept specimens on weekends or holidays. Customer Service will be able to advise you on these issues (617-667-LABS).

Specimens are generally sent out during regular business hours except for STAT drug requests which are processed and reported around the clock. Results of routine tests performed at reference labs are generally available in the computer within several days. The lab manual details the expected turn-around time for the most commonly ordered send-out tests.

General questions regarding reference laboratory testing should be directed to Customer Service (617-667-5227). Medical questions can be directed to the Clinical Pathology Physician on-call (617-667-4700, pager 32093).


Primary Vendor
Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated
415 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4102


Secondary Vendors

American Red Cross
180 Rustcraft Road, Suite 115
Dedham, MA  02026

ARUP Laboratories
500 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT  84108

Athena Diagnostics, Inc.
377 Plantation Street
Worcester, MA  01605-2323

Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, Room T-538
Houston, TX 77030

Beacon Diagnostics Laboratory
124 Bernard
East Falmouth, MA  02536

Blood Center of Wisconsin
638 North 18th Street
Milwaukee, WI  53233-1294

Center for Human Genetics
700 Albany Street
Boston, MA 02118

Children's Hospital - Boston
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA  02115

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Abramson Research Center
3615 Civic Ccenter Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318

City of Hope
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010

Comprehensive Genetic Service
3720 North 124th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53222

Dana Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115

Duke University Heath System
333 Medical Science Research Blvd.
Durham, NC  27710

Esoterix Coagulation Services
8490 Upland Drive, Suite 100
Englewood, CO  80112

Focus
5785 Corporate Avenue
Cypress, CA  90630

Foundation For Blood Research
69 US Route 1 Box 190
Scarborough, ME  04074

Gene DX
207 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Genova
63 Zillicoa Street
Asheville, NC 28801

Institute of Metabolic Disease
3812 Elm Street
Dallas,  TX 75226

Johns Hopkins University Reference Laboratory
600 N.Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287

Johns Hopkins University
DNA Diagnostic Lab
601 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD  21287-0001

Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 North Broadway
Room 526
Baltimore, MD  21205

Lab Corporation of America
685 Canton Street
Norwood, MA  02062

Laboratory for Stone Research
81 Wyman Street
Newton, MA  02168

Lab of Molecular Neurogenetics Institute - Columbia Medical Center
1150 St. Nicholas Avenue
Russ Berry Medical Center
New York, NY 10032

Massachuseets Department of  Public Health - State Lab Institute
305 South Street
Jamaica Plain, MA  02130

Massachusetts General Hospital
Neurogenetics DNA Diagnostic Laboratory
149 13th Street
Room 6311
Charlestown, MA  02129

Massachusetts General Physician Organization
Department of Pathology
32 Fruit Street
Boston, MA  02114

Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
200 First Street Southwest
530 Hilton Building
Rochester, MN  55902

MiraVista Diagnostics
4444 Decatur Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN  46241

Monogram Biosciences
345 Oyster Point Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA 94080-1913

Montefiore Medical Center
Department of Pathology
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467

National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine
1400 Jackson Street
Denver, CO 80206

NYH-CUMC Pathologist
Box 29409 GPO
New York, NY 10087-9409

Palo Alto Medical Foundation
860 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Partners
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA  02115

Rhode Island Blood Center
405 Plantation Street
Providence, RI 02908

Secon of New England
415 Main Street
Worcester, MA  01608

Signature Genomic Laboratories
120 N. Pine
Spokane, WA 99202

Specialty Laboratories
2211 Michigan Avenue
Santa Monica, CA  90404-3905

Tufts-New England Medical Center
15 Kneeland Street
Boston, MA 02111

University of Chicago
5841 South Maryland Ave.
Chicago IL 60637

University of Iowa
Department of Pathology
Room 6237, RCP
Iowa City, IA  52242

University of Massachusetts
Memorial Medical Center
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA  01655-0002

University of Pittsburgh
Department  of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15213   

University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio)
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229

University of Texas Health Center at Tyler
11937 US Highway 271
Tyler, TX  75708

University of Washington
Lab Med Box 357110
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA  98195-7110

US Labs
2601 Campus Drive
Irvine, CA 92610

Viacor Biotechnologies
1210 NE Windsor Drive
Lee’s Summit, MO  64086


Reviewed/revised 7/29/2009

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